Genus: Body long to ovoid; cilia on 1 surface (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Long, thin, cylindrical in shape (vermiform); flattened laterally; contractile; anterior is truncated
with cytostome lying along the apical edge; several contractile vacuoles along the dorsal edge
(Carey, 1992).
Species: Cell body vermiform, highly contractile, up to 650 μm long, posterior pointed; macronucleus moniliform; contractile vacuole lying against dorsal ridge along the entire length of the body (Kahl, 1935). |
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100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
